Regards, Mark.
That certainly produces a clear display! But as graphics, which
precludes cutnpaste into editors, rather a desirable feature for code,
I think.
My vote remains with UTF-8 encoding for web pages. This produces an
accurate display in modern browsers where the OS has one of the large
Unicode fonts installed – most modern machines – and an attractive
display where a Unicode APL font has been installed. (The APL Wiki and
Vector both use this scheme.)
Stephen Taylor
Yes, I stumbled across the aplwiki this morning (you guys have
certainly been busy since the last time I visited - excellent stuff),
and with the SiMPL font installed locally it looks marvelous.
Rendering in the default font (arial/lucida?) was still readable but
nowhere near as nice looking. CSS3 is the way to go and is now
supported in Firefox version 3. This will allow reference to a font
via URL, circumventing the need for a user to install that font for
the best experience.
Regards, Mark.
As for the code not being selectable - I totally understand that for
aplwiki - but for my website it's not that important. I can always add
a hyperlink to the code, or another page or section with the code in
the default font.
One thing that does appear to be a problem in general with displaying
APL is that it generally requires a larger font to be easily legible.
Discussion is good! Mark.